Later that day, Scott posted a statement to Big Machine Records' website, saying that he intended to "set some things straight." He revealed that Big Machine alerted all shareholders (which included Taylor's father, Scott Swift) on June 20 about an official shareholders' call about the pending deal with Ithaca Holdings. He also claimed that he personally reached out to Taylor, via text message, on June 29 to alert her of the deal before it went public.
"I guess it might somehow be possible that her dad Scott, 13 Management lawyer Jay Schaudies (who represented Scott Swift on the shareholder calls) or 13 Management executive and Big Machine LLC shareholder Frank Bell (who was on the shareholder calls) didn't say anything to Taylor over the prior 5 days," he said in the statement. "I guess it's possible that she might not have seen my text. But, I truly doubt that she 'woke up to the news when everyone else did.'"
Scott also claimed that Scooter "was never anything but positive about Taylor," citing instances where the music manager reached out to see if Taylor would participate in Ariana Grande's Manchester Benefit Concert and March For Our Lives, both of which she refused. During a Rolling Stone interview in September 2019, Taylor clarified that she was never made aware of those events, saying, "Here's the thing: everyone in my team knew if Scooter Braun brings us something, do not bring it to me."